ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,676, issued on April 1, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X08P413" was invented by Mario Rosario Carlone Jr. (Princeton, Ill.), Russell Fox (Stuart, Iowa), Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, Iowa), Gary Edward Henke (Marshall, Mo.), Mark David Hoffbeck (Macomb, Ill.), Sara Jane Lira (Adel, Iowa), Goran Srnic (Johnston, Iowa) and Tara Luana Barrett Tarnowski (Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X08P413 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid ...